Israel has launched a huge bombardment of Lebanon without warning, dropping 160 bombs on 100 targets within 10 minutes.

The Hezbollah official said the group will not accept a return to the pre-March 2 status quo, when Israel carried out near-daily strikes in Lebanon despite a ceasefire being nominally in place since the last full-blown Israel-Hezbollah war ended in November 2024.

Israel launched its largest assault on Lebanon since the start of its invasion, escalating the campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah even after the US announced a ceasefire in the wider Middle East conflict.

Iran halts oil tanker movement through the Strait of Hormuz and warns it may withdraw from the US-brokered ceasefire if Israeli strikes in Lebanon continue, where attacks have killed at least 254 people despite the two-week truce.

Israel’s Home Front Command said the defensive restrictions that have limited gatherings and economic activity since the start of the Iran war would be lifted everywhere in the country, except in Israel’s north,

Evangelical leaders say support for Israel has remained strong during Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S.-Israel military campaign against Iran, as a new ceasefire takes hold.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has portrayed massive attacks on targets of the Lebanese Hezbollah militia as a necessity, and sharply criticized the government of the neighbouring country on Wednesday.

Israel’s military said it would respect the cease-fire negotiated between Iran and the U.S., and had ceased attacks on Iran, but it was prepared to respond if Iran attacked over Israel’s continued operations in Lebanon,